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37-707: In the spring of 2022, the SCPC hired a new executive director, North Carolina native Dallas Woodhouse . Woodhouse is a former TV news reporter, executive director of the North Carolina Republican Party , and state director of Americans for Prosperity . Before coming to the South Carolina Policy Council, Woodhouse worked for a similar free-market think tank, the John Locke Foundation . Woodhouse signaled

74-432: A poll tax and an educational qualification (to be assessed by a registrar, which meant that it could be subjectively applied), and lengthened the residence period required before registration. A grandfather clause exempted from the poll tax those entitled to vote on January 1, 1867, which limited exemptions to white men. These barriers to voter registration caused a dramatic drop in the number of African-American voters in

111-419: A "return to the roots" of the SCPC, a focus on public policy research and grassroots mobilization. In 2022, the SCPC supported successful efforts to cut income taxes. The SCPC has continued to make increasing transparency in government a high priority. The SCPC has also made expanding school choice a top priority. The organization has provided research and support for the creation of Education Savings Accounts as

148-624: A Master of Arts from North Carolina State University in 2005. At Broughton High School in Raleigh, Woodhouse was a member of a two-time national championship show choir named Carolina Sprit. Woodhouse acted and performed in various professional stage productions at the North Carolina Theatre in downtown Raleigh. Woodhouse also worked backstage on many productions and was an instructor at the North Carolina Theatre's Summer Theatre Arts School. Woodhouse later served six years on

185-716: A candidate for President of the United States, John C. Fremont , in 1856, the party was not established in North Carolina until 1867, after the American Civil War . With the help of the newly enfranchised freedmen , Republicans were briefly successful in state politics, dominating the convention that wrote the Constitution of North Carolina of 1868 and electing several governors. After Reconstruction , Democrats returned to power, often suppressing

222-535: A limited liability company formed weeks before Carolina Rising was founded. During the 2014 midterm elections, Carolina Rising raised nearly $ 4.9 million and spent $ 4.7 million on political ads for Thom Tillis 's Senate campaign. Woodhouse and his brother Brad , who is active in Democratic politics, were featured in filmmaker Bryan Miller's 2014 documentary Woodhouse Divided . During a joint appearance with his brother on C-SPAN 's Washington Journal promoting

259-516: A method of bringing school choice to households of modest incomes. In 2022, the SCPC began conducting regular statewide voter public opinion surveys. The SCPC has contended that the main obstacle to free-market reforms in South Carolina isn't a lack of public support, but an unaccountable legislative elite whose goal is to preserve power. In February 2013, the SCPC filed a complaint against Bobby Harrell , South Carolina's Republican Speaker of

296-627: A position as state director of the chapter in August 2007. He stepped down as state director in September 2013. Woodhouse served on the North Carolina Institute of Constitutional Law Advisory Board from January 2008 to May 2011. Woodhouse worked with Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory to stop an expansion of taxpayer funding of political campaigns in 2010. The two also traveled together on the “Hands off our Health Care Tour” in leading

333-538: A weekly column on North Carolina politics for the John Locke Foundation, called "The Woodshed." Woodhouse is a North Carolina Press Award winning author. He was the executive director of the North Carolina Republican Party from October 2015 to June 2019. Woodhouse was born in Raleigh, North Carolina . He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communications from Campbell University in 1995 and

370-635: Is the affiliate of the Republican Party in North Carolina . Michael Whatley was the chair from 2019 until his election as national chair in March 2024. It is currently the state's dominant party, controlling half of North Carolina's U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, and a 3/5 supermajority control of both chambers of the state legislature , as well as a majority on the state supreme court . Although Republicans first nominated

407-559: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 . White conservatives first voted for Republican presidential candidates. From 1968 through 2004, the majority of North Carolina voters supported Republicans in every presidential election, except 1976, when favorite son Democrat Jimmy Carter was elected from Georgia. When they re-entered the political system, African Americans shifted their alliance from

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444-574: The North Carolina House of Representatives and in the North Carolina Senate . Republicans also hold both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and 7 of the state's 14 U.S. House seats. Republicans have controlled both of North Carolina's seats in the U.S. Senate since 2014 : Out of the 14 seats North Carolina is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives , 7 are held by Republicans: Republicans control six of

481-501: The Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act (commonly known as House Bill 2 or HB2), described at the time as the most anti-LGBT legislation in the United States. It eliminated anti-discrimination protections for gay , transgender , and intersex people and forbids cities to re-establish such protections. It also required people who enter government buildings to use only the restrooms that correspond to

518-806: The House. The complaint alleged that Harrell had committed a variety of abuses of office, including using public office for personal gain. In October 2014, Harrell pleaded guilty to misconduct in office and resigned his position. SCPC is known for having originated the idea of mandatory roll-call voting in the South Carolina General Assembly (an idea then Rep. Nikki Haley used as the centerpiece of her campaign for governor) and for its detailed explanations of policies and legislation on government restructuring, school choice, government spending, taxes, regulation, and health care. SCPC has repeatedly criticized that South Carolina's government puts

555-519: The NCT Board of Directors and served as an advocate of the organization. Woodhouse started his career in broadcast journalism, working as a political reporter and television host. Woodhouse was a reporter and photographer at WKFT from November 1994 to May 1995. He then worked at WNCN-TV which was the NBC station (NBC-17) from June 1995 to November 2001, where he was a political reporter and host of

592-662: The North Carolina Republican Party censured Senator Richard Burr after he voted to impeach Donald Trump for his role in inciting a pro-Trump mob to storm the U.S. Capitol . The next month, the party did not censure House Representative Madison Cawthorn amid numerous accusations of sexual harassment, as well as exposure of false and baseless claims that he had made about himself. In 2016, North Carolina Republicans passed laws to order transgender people to use bathrooms according to their sex assigned at birth . On March 23, 2016, Governor McCrory signed

629-536: The Republican to the Democratic Party, which had national leaders who had supported the civil rights effort and legislation enforcing their constitutional rights as citizens. In 1972, Republicans became competitive in statewide elections for the first time since 1900: James Holshouser was elected Governor of the state, and Jesse Helms , a former Democrat who held office for a long time, was elected to

666-495: The U.S. Senate. Jack Lee , who was elected state party chairperson in 1977, is widely credited with unifying the North Carolina Republican Party in this period. The parties were generally competitive, with the state's voters split between them, through much of the rest of the 20th century. The elections of 2010 led to Republican control of both houses of the North Carolina General Assembly for

703-509: The black vote by violence and fraud. Republicans had success in the 1890s when they joined forces with the Populist party in an "electoral fusion." They gained enough seats in the legislature to control it in 1896, and elected Daniel L. Russell as governor in 1896. To prevent this kind of challenge, after Democrats regained control of the state legislature, in 1900 they adopted a constitutional suffrage amendment which required prepayment of

740-402: The current affairs program At Issue . He was also an adjunct instructor at Campbell University from July 1999 to October 2001. He worked as a reporter with WLFL from March 2003 to September 2005. While at NBC-17, Woodhouse hosted a weekly political and public affairs program "At-Issue." He reported on North Carolina-based war efforts from Bosnia, Qatar and Turkey, as well as London regarding

777-491: The death of Princess Diana. Woodhouse has been involved in North Carolina politics for many years. He served a one-year appointment as communications and congressional director for USDA Rural Development from March 2002 to March 2003. He was a spokesperson and communications director for Virginia Johnson's Congressional bid from May 2004 to November 2004. Beginning in 2006, Woodhouse worked for Americans for Prosperity as their communications and legislative director. He took

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814-495: The fact that the state's road funding system is run by a commission whose members are appointed by legislative leaders and who can't be held accountable by taxpayers or voters. Citing South Carolina's loose disclosure laws that allow elected officials to receive private income from entities that benefit from those officials' influence and votes, the Policy Council began advocating mandatory income disclosure in 2008. In 2013

851-628: The film, Woodhouse's mother Joyce called in to the show to say she hoped the brothers would "have some of this out of your system when you come here for Christmas." Woodhouse was selected as executive director of the North Carolina Republican Party in September 2015. In April 2019, Woodhouse announced he was stepping down as the executive director of the North Carolina GOP. Woodhouse is married with two children. He has two siblings, Joy and Brad . North Carolina Republican Party The North Carolina Republican Party ( NCGOP )

888-564: The first Republican since before the Great Depression . He was joined in 1962 by Jim Broyhill . From this base, and nearly winning the electoral votes for the state in the Presidential elections from 1952 to 1960, the party began to grow. As in other southern states, in the late 20th century, white conservatives began to shift from the Democratic Party to the Republican one, especially after national Democratic leaders supported

925-607: The first time since 1896 when it had gained success in a fusionist campaign with the Populist Party . When the Republican-controlled legislature conducted redistricting in 2011, it established districts biased in favor of Republicans. As a result, although more voters chose Democratic congressional candidates in the state in 2012, Republicans won a majority of the seats. The district maps have been challenged in several lawsuits for racial gerrymandering , and

962-399: The group launched Project Conflict Watch, which offered lawmakers and constitutional officers the opportunity to voluntarily disclose their income sources. In 2016 the legislature passed a bill, signed into law by Gov. Nikki Haley, that mandated disclosure for some payments, but the group criticized the law on the grounds that it contains several loopholes that will allow officials to get around

999-546: The law. The Policy Council has opposed the Affordable Care Act and argued that, despite claims made by Gov. Haley and others, South Carolina has in fact expanded Medicaid by sharply increasing the number of people enrolled in the federal program. Dallas Woodhouse Dallas Woodhouse (born May 10, 1973) is an American political operative active in North Carolina In May 2023, Woodhouse

1036-439: The lion's share of power in the hands of a few legislative leaders, meaning most of the state's citizens cannot vote for the people who hold power over them. "From education to road funding, from the judicial system to your electric bill, the important decisions are made by state lawmakers who represent only their districts. Most South Carolinians don’t vote for them – or even know their names." The organization has drawn attention to

1073-594: The maps were struck down by a state court in 2019. In 2012, Republicans retained control of the legislature and elected two Republicans, Pat McCrory and Dan Forest , as Governor and Lieutenant Governor , respectively. Most of the other Council of State offices (the Governor and Lieutenant Governor are Chairman and Vice Chairman, respectively) were won by Democratic candidates. (The other Republicans are Cherie K. Berry , Commissioner of Labor and Steve Troxler , Commissioner of Agriculture .) In February 2021,

1110-612: The opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in North Carolina. From September 2013 to January 2014, Woodhouse was campaign manager for Phil Berger Jr. , who was running for U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 6th congressional district . Woodhouse as Executive Director of the NCGGOP recruited Phil Berger Jr. to run for the State Court of Appeals, a seat which Mr. Berger won in 2016. Berger Jr.

1147-528: The political system in the state until the late 1960s. In 1928 Republicans carried the state's electoral votes for president (for candidate Herbert Hoover ). White members of the Republican Party generally lived in the Piedmont near Charlotte and Winston-Salem, and the mountains in the western part of the state. In 1952 Charles R. Jonas was elected to Congress from the western part of the state as

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1184-420: The sex on their birth certificates. While some transgender people alter the gender marker on their birth certificates, others have not yet done so or cannot do so, and this law would have prevented them from using the restroom consistent with the gender identity in which they live. However, on March 30, 2017, the portion of the law regarding bathroom use was repealed, and a sunset provision of December 1, 2020

1221-458: The state by 1904, although they constituted one-third of the population. An estimated 75,000 black male citizens lost the vote. With North Carolina a one-party Democratic state of the Solid South following the disfranchisement of blacks, North Carolina Republicans struggled to survive as a party during the first half of the twentieth century. African Americans were virtually excluded from

1258-459: Was applied to the ban on local governments passing antidiscrimination laws. At the state party's annual convention in June 2023, delegates voted to censure U.S. Senator Thom Tillis for his support of same-sex marriage. The North Carolina Republican party platform opposes same-sex marriage. The party controls six of the ten statewide Council of State offices and holds a 3/5 supermajority in

1295-526: Was elected to the State Supreme Court in 2020, and praised Woodhouse at his official swearing-in and when he took his oath of office. Woodhouse founded the 501(c)(4) conservative advocacy group Carolina Rising in February 2014. He is the former president of the organization, which has supported North Carolina Republicans and Governor Pat McCrory. Woodhouse is also the owner of Solutions NC,

1332-721: Was named the State Director of American Majority, a national conservative political training organization. Woodhouse was the temporary Executive Director of the South Carolina Policy Council , a limited-government think tank based in Columbia South Carolina from May 2022 to May 2023. From 2019 to 2022, Woodhouse worked for North Carolina think tanks: the John Locke Foundation and the Civitas Institute . Woodhouse

1369-617: Was the investigative political analyst for Carolina Journal From January 2021 until April 28, 2022. Woodhouse joined the John Locke Foundation when the organization merged with the John William Pope Civitas Institute, a sister free market limited government organization. From 2019-2020, Woodhouse served as the director of strategic initiatives for the Civitas Institute, a Raleigh-based non-profit policy organization. Woodhouse continues to write

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